Sale reports / Georgia / Carrollton / 2023-01-16

Carrollton

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Carrollton, Georgia · Mon, Jan 16
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1949
Feeder Cattle receipts
736 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 636▲ 608 vs year ago 128 · +475.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 103▲ 74 vs year ago 40 · +185.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 30▲ 10 vs year ago 60 · +16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, feeder bulls mostly steady, feeder heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher, bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves 4.00 to 8.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $159.26/cwt on 238 head.
Average price
$159.26
238 head · 462 lb average
Value per head Derived
$735
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.76
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464166.56773124
Medium and Large 2464155.8972467
Medium and Large 3452144.7965447
One grade step is worth $21.77/cwt here — about $119 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale238 hd
159.26
—
GA average16 barns · 2,865 hd
153.49
+5.76
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,71397.591,6727thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25176.6595942
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42676.391,0894thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00467.9168220

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)988$1,0252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)951$78926
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)717$4813thin

Every lot, as filed

81 lots · USDA AMS · Carroll County Livestock - Carrollton, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—265180.06/cwt177.50–182.004775
HeifersMedium and Large 3—335155.00/cwt150.00–160.005192
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365151.75/cwt150.00–159.005545
HeifersMedium and Large 3—438150.78/cwt144.00–154.006606
HeifersMedium and Large 2—437164.81/cwt160.00–166.007205
HeifersMedium and Large 2—317165.34/cwt162.00–170.0052410
SteersMedium and Large 1—458198.63/cwt192.50–202.009104
HeifersMedium and Large 2—630139.90/cwt138.00–144.008816
HeifersMedium and Large 1—611153.28/cwt150.00–156.009378
HeifersMedium and Large 3—271159.62/cwt156.00–162.004339
HeifersMedium and Large 2—566150.71/cwt148.00–154.0085317
HeifersMedium and Large 2—666137.01/cwt136.00–139.009127
SteersMedium and Large 3—271197.86/cwt190.00–200.005365
HeifersMedium and Large 2—279167.04/cwt165.00–172.0046610
HeifersMedium and Large 3—514139.77/cwt132.00–142.007187
HeifersMedium and Large 1—358175.77/cwt170.00–178.0062913
SteersMedium and Large 1—410210.08/cwt205.00–214.008615
SteersMedium and Large 1—570177.04/cwt172.00–180.001,0094
SteersMedium and Large 2—426198.00/cwt192.00–202.008437
HeifersMedium and Large 1—511162.50/cwt159.00–168.0083019
HeifersMedium and Large 2—358165.17/cwt160.00–168.005916
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665142.81/cwt142.00–144.009505
SteersMedium and Large 2—328200.88/cwt197.50–206.006598
SteersMedium and Large 2—630163.90/cwt162.00–168.001,0333
SteersMedium and Large 2—563169.34/cwt168.00–170.009536
SteersMedium and Large 2—456184.23/cwt180.00–190.0084013
SteersMedium and Large 2—268205.88/cwt202.00–210.005523
SteersMedium and Large 3—440181.24/cwt180.00–182.507974
SteersMedium and Large 1—363213.39/cwt210.00–216.007753
SteersMedium and Large 1—731149.75/cwt149.00–150.001,0954
SteersMedium and Large 1—658168.33/cwt168.00–169.001,1083
SteersMedium and Large 1—320216.92/cwt214.00–220.006944
SteersMedium and Large 2—510175.06/cwt172.00–178.008936
SteersMedium and Large 1—505184.34/cwt180.00–190.0093112
BullsMedium and Large 2—459176.50/cwt172.00–182.008109
BullsMedium and Large 1—360207.53/cwt205.00–210.007474
BullsMedium and Large 1—431204.32/cwt200.00–210.008819
BullsMedium and Large 1—520177.52/cwt172.00–182.0092321
BullsMedium and Large 1—333210.19/cwt206.00–214.0070010
BullsMedium and Large 1—462190.43/cwt186.00–196.008809
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23176.65/cwt74.00–81.0094420
CowsLean 85-90%—98663.49/cwt60.00–67.0062610
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28968.93/cwt66.00–73.0088911
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24884.36/cwt82.00–89.001,05311
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02272.32/cwt68.00–75.0073910
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45068.00/cwt68.00–68.009861
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41879.18/cwt78.00–80.001,1233
Bulls——1,880103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,9361
Bulls——1,53894.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4462
Bulls——1,75998.04/cwt95.00–102.001,7254
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—717480.81/head375.00–550.004813
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—900900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0751,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred CowsSmall 2-3—842540.01/head425.00–700.005409
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,063972.81/head875.00–1,075.009738
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1831,157.68/head1,100.00–1,275.001,1583
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—847733.52/head650.00–850.007346
BullsMedium and Large 3—432174.67/cwt170.00–180.0075520
BullsMedium and Large 3—380181.48/cwt175.00–185.0069011
BullsMedium and Large 2—320201.94/cwt200.00–204.006463
BullsMedium and Large 3—335186.43/cwt185.00–190.006257
BullsMedium and Large 2—573161.66/cwt158.00–164.0092613
BullsMedium and Large 2—438192.49/cwt188.00–198.0084321
BullsMedium and Large 3—600130.67/cwt130.00–132.007846
BullsMedium and Large 3—507150.99/cwt150.00–152.007666
BullsMedium and Large 1—615155.50/cwt152.00–162.009563
BullsMedium and Large 2—520169.18/cwt168.00–170.008807
BullsMedium and Large 2—720130.97/cwt130.00–132.009434
BullsMedium and Large 3—460164.22/cwt160.00–170.0075513
HeifersMedium and Large 3—563134.06/cwt128.00–138.007555
HeifersMedium and Large 1—439170.73/cwt168.00–175.0075024
HeifersMedium and Large 1—461167.49/cwt164.00–174.0077222
BullsMedium and Large 2—271203.47/cwt200.00–206.005514
BullsMedium and Large 1—567176.19/cwt170.00–180.0099912
BullsMedium and Large 3—271198.01/cwt194.00–200.0053714
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326175.80/cwt170.00–180.0057312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565159.28/cwt154.00–164.0090016
HeifersMedium and Large 3—623127.55/cwt125.00–130.007958
HeifersMedium and Large 3—455145.20/cwt142.00–152.006615
HeifersMedium and Large 2—458157.54/cwt152.00–162.007226
BullsMedium and Large 2—366193.96/cwt190.00–200.0071011

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.